Poison Maps - North America 4+

CCS Ltd

Designed for iPad

    • 4.8 • 6 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Now compatible with iPhone X and Apple Watch 3!

Poison Maps (“POIs on Maps”) is the ultimate app for finding Points of Interest anywhere in North America. It includes millions of POIs and thousands of miles of routes, all stored on your device for use even when offline.

The app contains every possible category of POI: hotels, banks, toilets, tourist attractions, hills, towns, transport, hospitals, churches, schools, libraries, civic buildings, rescue services, fuel stations, restaurants, bars, shops, leisure, parking and much much more.

It also contains hundreds of thousands of miles of colour-coded routes, such as railways, subway maps, bus routes, cycle routes, hiking trails and ski pistes. The POIs and routes are all taken from the fantastic OpenStreetMap project.

The app includes many unique features:

• a toolbar at the bottom of the screen that allows you to display what you want in just 2 or 3 taps;
• signs pointing to offscreen POIs, so that you never miss a nearby POI;
• compass, radar and scanner modes that display the nearest POIs in different ways;
• a unique gesture that allows rapid panning by temporarily zooming out (using 3D Touch when available);
• back and forward buttons that help you retrace what you have looked at (like on a browser);
• an Apple Watch app that shows what you want in only a few taps (or just one tap of the complication);

Compass mode simply shows signs to the POIs. This is particularly useful when you just want to know what is around you or which way to head, and you haven’t got time to inspect a map, such as when cycling or hiking. It also works offline and is perfect for people who hate maps: they just follow the sign to where they want to go. It is also great at viewpoints to identify what hills, towns and structures you can see.

Radar mode and Scanner modes are similar but also include a map that rotates around the current position. They include radar “rings” to show the distances from the current position. Scanner mode uniquely positions the GPS dot at the bottom of the screen so that you can see much more information in the direction that you are pointing.

The unique panning gesture requires just one touch of one finger instead of the multi-finger gymnastics required by the traditional “pinch to zoom” approach (although that is still available). It also provides a quick way of zooming out and back in again when you are not sure what area the map is showing. It is a brilliant and completely original use of 3D Touch but also works fine on iPhones without it (using a long touch).

The Apple Watch app also allows you to select any category in just a few taps. When you have selected a category then the nearest POIs are shown on a mini-map with the details listed below. The watch app also provides navigation to a POI, and you can even phone a POI from the watch!

These are just some of the unique aspects of the app. All the usual map features are also provided, such as super-fast searching, directions, bookmarks, POI information, favouriting of brands, and much more. You can even create your own POIs, such as where you parked your car.

Note that this free version includes most of the categories, but the expansion pack is required for POIs and routes in the food & drink, shops, sport & leisure and driving categories.

What’s New

Version 3.0.8

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Now compatible with iPhone X and Apple Watch 3.
Updated with the latest POIs and routes from OpenStreetMap.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

Bane310 ,

Great .....But

Love this map has lots of features , however , if like to be able to rotate the map which isn't possible and should have been implemented won the app was released, hence the 4 star review , This app has massive potential please continue to push the boundaries also please implement more 3D Touch gestures especially pop and peek when pressing on POI like showing pics of the location and links routes etc. Also I notice some stores are not showing up for my location etc laundry services some stores that are close to me so please fix.

Bill2011 ,

POIs for North America are pathetic

I paid the 99 cents for the expanded POIs. Very few locations show up. For food, probably 30 locations within 5 miles shows 1. Shows others but they might be 20 miles away. Really worthless

Developer Response ,

I’m sorry that there weren’t many food locations in your area. The app relies on data from OpenStreetMap, which is entered by volunteers (like Wikipedia) and is generally more comprehensive than Apple or Google Maps in most places, but has some gaps where there are only a few local volunteers. As a result of your review (and that of indygreg) I have added online POIs from Apple as well, to fill in the gaps in such areas. So now you get the benefit of two sources of POIs. It would be great if you could check out the latest version and maybe update your review if you find that it has improved in your area. Thanks.

indygreg ,

Horrible

I also paid the $.99 for upgrade and could not be more disappointed. Compared to free google maps I bet this shows like 35% of places to eat. It has to be a decade out of date

Developer Response ,

I’m sorry that there weren’t many food locations in your area. The app relies on data from OpenStreetMap, which is entered by volunteers (like Wikipedia) and is generally more comprehensive than Apple or Google Maps in most places, but has some gaps where there are only a few local volunteers. As a result of your review (and that of Bill2011) I have added online POIs from Apple as well, to fill in the gaps in such areas. So now you get the benefit of two sources of POIs. It would be great if you could check out the latest version and maybe update your review if you find that it has improved in your area. Thanks.

App Privacy

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